Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back in the same coin.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

The mind is like tofu. It tastes like whatever you marinate it in.

Fall in love with the habit of learning from the great successful people who came before you, so that you don't spend the rest of your life as a stranger to success.

I'm far from perfect- maybe beautifully flawed- but I don't lie

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

Humor is an antidote to all ills.

Sometimes I worry that science communication is just preaching to the choir, speaking to the converted. Social media gives us an amazing opportunity to reach new people.

I came up with a story and I wrote it.

The greatest slave in a kingdom is generally the king of it.

There's a reason women are pregnant for nine months; by the end, you're ready to have this baby.

When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.